Effective October 1, 2025, Washington State added a new continuing education requirement focused on professional roles and boundaries. This workshop meets that requirement while centering the ethical realities of clinicians practicing play therapy with children and families.

Play therapy occurs within multi-party systems that include caregivers, schools, and other professionals. Ethical questions related to consent, role clarity, neutrality, and boundary management often look different in play therapy than in adult therapy.

This 2-hour play therapy ethics training focuses on how to think through ethical dilemmas in play therapy practice by applying a structured ethical decision-making model to case examples specific to play therapy, including multiple roles and custody-related pressures.

Presenters: Rosie Newman, MA, LMHC, RPT-S™
& Dr. Kade Sharp, PhD, LICSW, CMHS, CST, RPT-S™

Location: Zoom

Date/Time: Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 2pm – 4pm PST (Convert Time Zone)

CEs: 2 APT-Approved CEs* (non-contact hours) Hosted by Seattle Play Therapy Training Center.

This training will be recorded and available for purchase after it airs for 2 non-contact APT-Approved CEs and NBCC CEs through Curious Cryptid Learning, LLC.

This training meets the Washington DOH Roles & Boundaries requirement and provides 2 APT-Approved Ethics CEs, grounded in child-centered play therapy practice.

*These CE hours are applicable for the Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential and other mental health credentials in WA as “approved by an industry-recognized local, state, national, international organization or institution of higher learning” [WAC 246-809-610(3)(a)]. For other states, please consult your state-specific CE requirements. You must be present with camera on the entire session and pass post-tests in order to receive continuing education credits.

Cost: $90 (plus tax for WA residents)